In ‘N’ Out-Erview

by on January 27, 2012

In which Hank shows some snippets of life on the road followed by a quick interview with the Author of the #1 New York Times Bestseller "The Fault in Our Stars."

http://dft.ba/tfios

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The BEST HOTEL ROOM Ever

by on January 24, 2012

In which I get a great hotel on tour. The song is "A Song about Anglerfish" by Hank Green: http://dftba.com/product/vj/This-Machine-Pwns-n00bs-CD--Poster The hotel is the Hotel ZaZa in Houston. It is very, very, very nice.

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Live from Austin Texas!

by on January 22, 2012

http://dft.ba/tfios

In which Hank and John perform a streamlined show that does not include Hank forgetting the words to ANY OF HIS SONGS...we hope.

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Thoughts on SOPA From New Orleans

by on January 20, 2012

In which Hank walks around the French Quarter and discusses the freaking sweet internet blackout that resulted in a great number of congresspeople dropping their support for SOPA and PIPA. The internet is coming into its own as a powerful political force, and just in time to face serious threats.

Note: All buskers in this video received at least a $5 tip. Posting a video of a busker is a really interesting intellectual property discussion, actually. If I were to take 20 videos of that one man band and create a YouTube channel all about him and then make a bunch of money off of it and not give him any, that would clearly be wrong, but it would not (as far as I can tell) be illegal. He's performing in a public space and I am thus allowed to record him. It's another example of the rule "don't be a dick" being far more important than any law congress can pass on copyright reform.

We are entering a brave new world here, thank you for standing up for the internet, helping to defeat SOPA and PIPA, and thinking deeply about these issues.

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Thoughts from Places: The Tour

by on January 17, 2012

In which John talks about the tour de nerdfighting 2012 and how much awesome can be packed into a single auditorium. The awesome song everyone's dancing to is "Shake-a-Booty," off of Hank's great album Ellen Hardcastle: http://dftba.com/product/y1/Ellen-Hardcastle-CD

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TFiOS PARTY!

by on January 13, 2012

Get your copy now:
http://dft.ba/tfios

"The Fault in Our Stars is John Green at his best. You laugh, you cry, and then you come back for more." -- Markus Zusak, bestselling and Printz Honor­ winning author of The Book Thief

"An achingly beautiful story" SLJ Starred Review

"A smartly-crafted, intellectual explosion of a romance." Kirkus

"Green shows us true love...and it is far more romantic than any sunset on a beach." -- NYTimes Book Review

THANKS TO EVERYONE...
Who came or is coming to see us on tour or who has gotten / purchased / read / reviewed / shared The Fault in Our Stars.

And of course, these and other people who posted their "unboxings" / book store purchases:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7F6ndrhDGk0
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6u0yYQu-3E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcXPI6GHJ3g
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jfhW_sIjv6E
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQ__jN0Xrso
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b-llAZZP2Rs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RKxVbgDGc
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ug-t8cXrPCU
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N06rVJXYOgs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QO_y5_Fj2VQ
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ooxJt8aYnw

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In which John discusses The Fault in Our Stars, his new book, which is OUT NOW AT BOOKSTORES EVERYWHERE. (Also at like Target and Walmart and Kroger, if you like to shop for books while shopping for toilet paper.)

Tour tickets still available in a few cities: http://dft.ba/-tourdenerdfighting2012

(For incredibly complicated reasons involving people not believing me about nerdfighteria's amazingness, some preorders--especially in Europe--are unsigned. I am solving this problem. Email me at sparksflyup-at-gmail-dot-com with your name, your address, and where you ordered the book from, and a beautiful and very very rare signed bookplate will be sent to you.)

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From Tumblr

by John Green on January 9, 2012

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Death To Cable!

by on January 6, 2012

The vlogbrothers alternative to Cable TV:
http://www.youtube.com/scishow
http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse
http://www.youtube.com/hankgames
http://www.youtube.com/truthorfail
http://www.youtube.com/hankschannel
http://www.youtube.com/vlogbrothers

In which Hank is astounded by how extremely unfriendly, exploitative, annoying, expensive, and useless digital cable systems are these days. I literally could not believe how annoying it was. It's clearly an industry not just ripe for, but in great need of, revolution. And I suppose that's what we're doing here.

And that dog at the end is Sam, who is the dog of my friends Heather and Dave who are the owners of said TV. Sam just had a bit of surgery but he's doing fine now!

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Changes to Vlogbrothers

by on January 2, 2012

YourPants is BACK: http://www.yourpants.org
Check out SciShow http://www.youtube.com/scishow and CrashCourse http://www.youtube.com/crashcourse

In which John discusses some changes to 2012 (that is, twenty twelve) vlogbrothers, including a location for the evil baby orphanage and--SORRY--a slight reduction to two videos a week so we can devote more time to the community and its projects (and also so I can hopefully get a better stomach).

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